When Chad Smith‘s friend, producer Dan Catullo, approached him about hosting the PBS show Landmarks Live in Concert, the Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer wasn’t sure if he was the right man for the job. “He was like, ‘I’ve come up with this idea where iconic bands will play iconic …
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Carrie Underwood gave one of the evening’s standout performances at the 51st CMA Awards in Nashville, singing the hymn “Softly and Tenderly” during the show’s In Memoriam section. Surrounded by flickering candles, Underwood patiently worked her way to the song’s emotional apex as video screens acknowledged the performers and industry …
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UPDATE: Taylor Swift unveiled the full track list for her new album Reputation on Instagram. The record will notably feature a collaboration with Ed Sheeran and Future titled, “End Game.” The album will also include previously released songs, “Look What You Made Me Do,” “Gorgeous,” “Call It What You Want” …
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Our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast recently celebrated 50 years of Rolling Stone with a look back at some of the stories behind the magazine’s greatest photographs.Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunesorSpotify,or check it out below. Here, a look at some of the episode’s highlights: Original Rolling Stone …
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In 2013, filmmaker Marc Meyers took a trip to Bath, Ohio, to visit the suburb where serial killer Jeffery Dahmer spent his formative years. Several months earlier, Meyers had optioned the graphic novel My Friend Dahmer – a memoir by cartoonist Derf Backderf about his brief but intense high-school friendship …
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In 2014, when Kelsea Ballerini was writing what became her breakout album, the following year’s unexpected smash debutThe First Time, the Grammy-nominated singer had almost zero time to sketch out its creative nuances. Having long been signed exclusively as a songwriter to the independent label Black River Entertainment, Ballerini was …
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings shared decade-old studio footage for the new video for “Call on God,” the gospel number that closes Jones’ posthumous Soul of a Woman, which also marks the band’s final studio album. “Call on God” was among the songs Jones penned in the late Seventies for …
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Kendrick Lamar struts around, eating Chinese takeout in a Kobe Bryant Lakers jersey, in a surreal clip for “New Freezer,” the rapper’s collaborative track with Rich the Kid. The video opens with the mysterious shot of a handgun emerging from velvet red curtains. From there, Rich the Kid cruises around …
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A new Gallup poll released earlier this month shows that a record-high percentage of Americans now support legalizing marijuana, with 64 percent of those polled in favor of legalization. This marks the highest level of public support since the proposal was first made nearly five decades ago; in 1969, just …
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Metallica, Dave Matthewsand G-Eazy will headline a benefit concert supporting families impacted by the devastating October wildfires throughout Northern California. Band Together Bay Area – scheduled for Thursday, November 9th at San Francisco’s AT&T Park – will assist families impacted by the fires and honor the thousands of heroic first …
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